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gallows

noun

/ˈɡæloʊz/

Meaning

A structure used for hanging criminals who have been sentenced to death.

The criminal was led to the gallows at dawn.

to laugh on the gallows

scaffold, execution platform, hanging place, gibbet

freedom, release

gallows humor, led to the gallows, gallows tree, gallows speech

a nominal leader with no real power; a symbolic head

A song or piece of writing expressing great praise or triumph.

a strip of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in front

a short note, typically a brief informal letter; a voucher for a sum owed

the recorded ancestry or lineage of a person, family, or animal; the history or origin of something

continuous change or movement; the rate of flow of something